What's more, it's got a sharp book, and a far from weedy rags-to-riches story.
This spare, sharp book — Taylor's debut collection — documents a deep authority on the unavoidable confusion of being young, disaffected and human.
He was still working at Circle Films, still writing raw, razor-sharp books about race, crime and morality for a pittance.
"The Scarecrow," a return to form for Mr. Connelly and his sharpest book since "The Lincoln Lawyer," pivots energetically among its subplots, often returning affectionately to the newspaper world.
While babysitting, Quinn hides hot sauce, sharp knives, books on child cannibalism and other items to make Shelby look like an unfit mother; she subsequently calls Child Protective Services, under the assumption that they will ultimately restore Beth to her after they investigate and find the evidence.
Sharp's book is a bible of the colour revolutions – a "regime change for dummies".
She has been watching TV programmes about cults and reading Paul Gambaccini's book about being wrongly accused of child abuse and Janis Sharp's book about her successful fight against the extradition to the US of her son, Gary McKinnon, on computer hacking charges.
Even so, this is a sharp, smart book, and a fast, easy read.
But most of this sharp, savvy book is amusing and reassuring.
The result is a sharp, unsettling book that invokes a number of rich tales without exploring them directly.
They were also made for the kinds of grandly nihilistic gestures in which this sharp little book abounds.
